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Anecdotes of Noted Men.
BISHOP CARROLL.


John Pope Hodnett, "a brother of the Rev.
T. z. Hodnett of Chicago, writing in the
Washington Republican of the services
rendered to the United States by the Cath
olics of France, during the war of indie
pendence, gives the following historical
facts. and ones not generally known;
Archbishop Carroll of Baltimore was the
next man to George Washington. 1t was
he who got the Pope of Rome to send the
Papal Nuncio to the King of France to get
him to send the French army and navy to
aid the Americans. 1t was he who got the
Catholic generals, Baron Steuben and De
Kalb, and the Catholic Polish generals, Kos
ciusko and Pulaski, to join the Revolu-
ton.
Benjamin Franklin was sent by Congress
to France to intercede with the king in be-
half of the colonies. He was not success
full one bright morning he was sitting in
the waitng-room of the kings palace for
an audience looking down-hearted and for
>akcn, for he had received a letter from
Washington, saying If France did not
send over her army the cause must fail, for
his troops were commencing to mutiny and
he could not raise funds to pay them, they
had no rations, and their feet were on the
ground, and cut and bleeding with the
cold"
Franklin, looking downcast and wcebe-
gone a. he was revolving Washington's
letter in his philosophical mind, was arous-
ed from his melancholy Stupor by voice
calling, Mr. Franklin! oh Mr. Frank
lin! Franklin jumped and rubbed his eyes.
1t was the POpe~ NuuciO. II have good
news for YOU he said. Il have just got
the consent of the king to send over
French army and navy to aid your country
men,"
Franklin a>toui~hcd threw himself on
his knees and claspcd the hand of tho Nun
clio kissing it several times. 'Oh." he
said Rome ha, saved my country. Am
erica will never forget it of Rome! The
Catholics Shall have all rights that the Pro-
tr>taut> have. Convey to His Holiness the
Pope my thanks for all the American peo-
pie We Shall never. no never, forget it
for Rome. The Nuncio said Mr.,
Franklin. You must thank Father Carroll
Bishop CARROLL for it was he who in
iurcd ,h, Pope Of Rome to send me here
Ia tue interest of the American people,
His letters in favor of your cause We're laid
py Wc before the French King and Cabi-
NET, and success ha> crowned his ef-
forts
50. readers if YOU want to learn some
thing of the man who next to Almighty
Gud and Washington gave you tag and
Il country turn 10 the Catholic Cathedral
.u Baltimore and see his tomb. Washing
TON himself said OF all the men whose
influence was most potent in securing the
/ success of the revolution, Bishop Carroll,
F Of Baltimore WIS the man
Tine people ut Boston turned out to
receive the French army. which was led
oy a Catholic priest with 4 crUciiiX IN hi,
eli. "a. u
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Steubeu.
Several districts in town have held their
school meetings Those heard from have
for the village, Bartlett Smith for Smith
vile, John Whitten for No. Z, and Charles
Atwater for Egypt.
A petition has recently been circulated
asking for post-oflice to be established at
East Steuben.
On the eve of 'All fools day" there was
Grand Masque Ball" and supper.
c. B. Haraden is closing up business on
account of i'll health, and intends to leave
soon for Idaho.
The Trundy Hinckley house, so long I'M
occupied, is now rented by Rodney Smith.
Mrs. Polly Parker of Dyer's Bay, very
old lady, is dangerously i'll.
Mr. Webb, the well-known peddler, will
soon be on the road again with an entire
new stock of goods from the store of S. R.
Dutton
aIllit oInIth wiz cptHt tlic NihlSi III
Waltham, returned the 25th.
Augustus Moore of Fall River and Fan
ME Moore of Addison are visiting in town.
Miss Lizzie Hall of Sullivan is spending
a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. 7. A.
Lewis.
b. w. Stevens spent Sunday in town the
guest of VIM. Dutton.
Two very young strangers have come to
town to remain, one to the home of Mr..
and Mrs James Parritt and one to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan.
Arrived 3lst sch. Pony, Pinkham.
Sailed 31st sch. Muriel, Nutter, and Sea
Pidgeon, Eaton.
April f.
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Big Liquor Bills.
AND WHY SHOULD NOT THE WOMEN HAVE
PART OF THE FUN.


Toronto Globe.I
The liquor bills of the [ nitcd States and
Canada, as given from the carefully pre-
pared statistics of the last census, are Tor
midable documents, and appear even more
so when compared or contrasted with the
sums which, on the same authority. are
every wear expended on other or more use
full articles Though, of course, these
statistics refer to the census year, yet re-
latively they are as accurate as when they
were compiled. The efforts of total ab-
stainers may have somewhat diminished
the consumption per capita but the proper
tion between the expenditures on the differ
ent articles and objects is very much the
same as it was six years ago. Let Us see
how the matter stands. Both the States
and Canada are understood to be Christian
countries. At least a very great majority
of their inhabitants claim to be Christians,
and to be shaping their lives on Christian
principles. Yet here we have the fact, that
while the people Of the States spend nine
hundred millions of dollars on Intoxicating
liquors every year, they spend only four
millions and a half for the support Of
Christian missions III heathcu lands. And
while Canada's yearly drink bill amounts
to s27 ,623 900, her annual foreign mission
/ fund. raised BY all tIc different Christian
denominations in the land. does not exceed
/ Si00, 500. In other words the people OF
/ the States spend 2O9 times the amount of
( money On intoxicating liquors which they
do ~ Christian missions To the heathen,
I and those Of Canada about - times a.
/ much
/ While The liquor bill in the States j. 50
I enormous We might expect to tiud other
+ expenditures on a similar scale. II is not
/ 50 however nn bread the yearly cNpcu-
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State News.

Senator and Mr~ Frye of Lewiston,
and g. {. Moses Esq, and wife of Bath,
arrived safely in Liverpool on the 2oth ult.
MIR. J. H. Manley contemplatce taking
a trip to Europe. departing in June.
General Seldcn Comor ha, returned
to Augusta from Washington, where he
spent several weeks
Mr. L. A. Dent. Who has been Mr..
Blane's private secretary has departed for
his home in Washington.
Senator Frye and wife will visit Italy,
France, Germany and the British Isles.
The Senator has fishing trip in Scotland
already marked out. He visited the House
OF Commons the 3Oth ult., and was invited
bv the Speaker to seat in the diplomatic
gallery.
Governor Bodwell will appoint April
2Ist as fast day.
1t is estimated that there has been
decrease of about Sl2 900, 900 in the public
debt during the past year
Anderson Camp, Sons of Veterans, Of
Rockland, is making preparations to enter
tain the fifth annual encampment of the
division of Maine i'll May. General W. 5.
Paine. Of Ohio, commander-in-chief of the
order will be present. Among those prom
inentlv mentioned for commander of the
division are Thomas G.. Libby, Ninal-
haven; Charles II. Rich, Bangor, and +.
II. Plaisted, Augusta.
A Maine Central train ran over and
killed Honaire Bergeron, aged six, at the
Chestnut street crossing in Lewiston, the
29th ult He was on his way to school.
Senator and Mrs. Frye had rough
passage across the Atlantic, but the Sena-
tor is first-class sailor. On the fifth day
out concert was given, Senator Frye pre-
siding and making speech.
The governor and council, the 29th
ult., opened in Augusta the hearing on the
charges against the fish commissioners and
the petition for their removal from office
A. W. Spear opened for the prosecution
offering a statement of facts and specify
ing the charges as follows: That the fish
commissioners enforced the fish and game
laws in an uneven and partial manner;
that Commissioner Stiilwell maliciously
prosecuted George NJ. Harmon; that the
commissioners used the funds of the State
to pay their own private bills and other
wise misappropriating the money; that
Mr.. Stillwell wrongfully paid out funds of
the State: that the commissioners have
not given the Rangefey Lake regior atten-
ton in protecting and disseminating fish
that they should; that the commissioners
have taken large number of spawn from
Rangeley waters and sold them for private
purposes and sent them out of the State
that both commissioners themselves vio-
lated the fish and game law by killing fish
and game in close time.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-04-14
The World Doesn't Look At 1t So.
There's many a noble man dwells in a cot.

There's many noble man dwells in cot,
The palace holds many clown,
And princes have beds but of tamarack bark,
While beggars have couches of down;
Brave kings are in cotton. base serfs in silk.
And slaves like an emperor show
For the only true title is stamped on the heart,
But the world doesn't look at il so.
Here misers are prodigaly flinging their gold
To spendthrifts who horde in their wake,
There mumbes a rake in the garb of priest
To a priest in the garb of rake.
Sweet saints there are living in novels of sin,
And sinners in Sanctified Row,
For the only true test Is the heart in the breast
But the world doesn't look at it so.
There are generals sleeping in graves un-
marked,
And priyates with monuments grand;
The ignorant stalk in the chambers of state,
But the quiet mind ruleth the land.
y shadow divergent. each object on earth
oercasts, from one sun in the sky,
And fancie> are many Nv beings have birth.
But the same God rueth on high.
so laugh at the rank that is only a sham.
And at caste-hut a slver-wa washed plate
stuck up on the door OF a tenement grand
Belonging to natures estate
W hose inmates are constantly changing, and
pass
Each year from our sight like the snow.
Whose going but stir- up the filth OF the street
And the Saviour will look at it so.
Ch10es EugeHe BdH&s.
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possible interruption of few days in
February and eight or ten days dropped
here and there into the other months, till
the first of May, and you have some idea
of what the word humid should express
when it is used to describe the climate of
Western Oregon. Is it equal to the burden!
East of the Cascade Mountains, there is
very little rain indeed. The summers are
hot and exceedingly dry, and the winters
are cold The variation of the tempera-
ture is probably as great as that on the
Atlantic coast. A large part of this re-
gion would be valuelcss for agriculture,
were it not for irrigation. A. 5. ID.
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South GoudsbOro.
There is a Gloucester fisherman lying in
Stayc Island harbor waiting for CLANS to
be dug here to 90 to the Western banks.
Thomas Bunker, after a long and weary
illness died quite suddenly last Tuesday
evening He was out door Monday
James ". Bunker has just arrived from
Lamoine with clam barrels to get bait for
the Iamoine fishermen.
The lobster fishermen are quite busy
getting ready for lobstering
Mary H. Stratton, little girl of eight
wears. has hooked a rug about yard long
and nearly one half yard wide, the first Of
such work She ever did and it is done
about as well as some old hands can do.
The top Of J. c. Hammonds chimney
blew off Saturday night in the gale.
SELDOM.
ADril !
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land

O.land,
This village has been favored with a
course of lectures by the following well
known persons:
Rev. c. f. Libby, of Bucksport, Man"
Rev. 5. L. Hanscom, of Bucksport,
=. English versus American Characteristics.
Rev. A. W. c. Anderson, of Castine.
The Bright Side of Things"
Prof. A. F. Chase, Principal of Bucks
port Seminary, "Celts and Saxons."
Rev. V. P. Wardwell, of Ellsworth.
'IIumor> of Camp Life in the Army"
Miss Amanda NJ. Wilson, Preceptress of
Buck>port Seminary, illustrated Tour on
the Rhine
We feel that the speakers are too wen
known in Eastern Maine to need any COM
mendation from us. Suffice it to say that
these lectures We're all of superior worth.
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Appropriate Links,

The following couples were proclaimed
in Chicago last year:
Thomas Black and Mary White
Peter Day and Ellen Knight
solomon Bank and Katharine Vale,
James Hill and susan Dale,
Isaac Slater and Jane Thatcher,
John Barber and Mary Butcher,
stephen Head and Nancy Heart
William stately and Jessie smart.
Joseph Reed and Julia Hay,
Thomas spring and Mary May,
Joseph Brown and Kitty Green,
John Robbins and Jennie Wren~,
William Castle and Nancy Hail.
Peter Chatter and Fannie Call,
Joseph Mann and Eliza Child,
John Merry and Lucy Wild,
Thoma, Bruin and Mary Bare,
James Fox and Catharine Hare,
Andrew Clay and Lucy Stone,
Michael Blood and Lizzie Bone
John Cloak and Julia Hood
Edward Cole and Nancy Wood,
James Broom and Ellen Birch,
Charles Chapel and Susan Church,
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ScOtt,S Emulsion Of Pure


OO0 IuVeF VII, Win HypOpmOhpHItes
For Children and Pulmonary Troubles.
DIR. W. s. Hoy, Point Pleasant, W. Va,
says: 81 have made thorough test with
Scott's Emulsion in Pulmonary Troubles and
General Debility, and have been astonished at
the good results; for children with Rickets or
Marasmus it is unequalled."
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Our Baby.

DESCRIBED BY HIS LITTLE
SISTER L.
Our baby i,.a1dcr rare;
He's awful cunning,E.
Ana Veil ii. vortn3pay. the share
of work 4Atm do.
hope he will surD although
He's squeezed almost to death;
1t makes himOsometimes. know,
And takes away his breath.
our home is Z since there came
This angel from above;
Hes 50 nflectonS. His name
Is "Tootsey-W Wootsey, Love-"
1t makes our papa look be;J
And feel aIOder joy;
Ipray he never will incline
.BAOE boy.
When he's awake his eyes are blue;
| lift him when can;
He'll B Scala
Lift up when he's a man.
H. &. Dodge, in Goodaifs Sun
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The Earthquake at Nice.
EXPERIENCE OF TWO AMERICANs-GRAPHC
DESCRIPTION OF TERRIBLE SCENES.

DESCRIPTION OF TERRIBLE SCENES.
The Transatlantic steamship Gascogne |
has arrived at New York. having on board |
the first persons to reach this country who
had witnessed the terrible earthquake of the
Riviera. They were Charles j. Burke and
Mr.. Tone of Rochester, n. y. These gen
tlemen had been travelling in Europe and
We're in Nice on Ash Wednesday morning
when the southern coast of Europe was
shaken up. The great carnival of Nice
had Just ended said Mr.. Tone, land the
last day had been one round of continuous
hilarity. There were hundreds of masked
women, the gay pageant, the battle OF
flowers; n IN the evening had attended
the carni} ball at which there were
thousands of persons present. We were
stopping al the Grand hotel, and u was
rather early when we got home.
Il was quartered on the third floor of
the Grand hotel Though it WAS nearly
daylight | could not sleep, and so lay IN
bed reading book. Suddenly and with
out IA warning roar more terrible than
tornado came. \ thousand mines seemed
exploding under the floor, and thousand
trains Of cars seemed rolling under the
roof The noise was indc~Cribablc. 1t
seemed as if the world were being ground
to pieces and the city with i. The fr~t
shock threw me into the middle Of the
floor, which tipped up like the roof of
house. | tried to walk. but was pitched
heatllong across the room. The bed rolled
from side to side and went after il.
was shaken as a strong man shakes boy.
As soon a. could master myself
managed by great effort 70 reach the
door leading into Mr.. Burkc'~ room ad-
Joining. II was locked. kicked and
bounded but in that awful roar could only
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April f..

The matter of holding State must-
cal convention in Bangor in June, is now
agitated by Mr.. Clarence A. Marshall and
others Mr.. Marshall is directing the mu-
steal organizations in Augusta, Water
vile, Gardiner and other places, and he
would like to unite all these societies in
Bangor, for grand five days convention,
and will do so if the proper inducements
are offered. There would be 1000 voices
at least. Mr. Marshall is now in cores
pondence with many of the musical people
in regard to the matter and it is hoped
that the scheme may prove successful.
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Too LATE.-"My dear friend" said
minister at the bedside of sick man, 81
want to call your attention to the blessed
consolation which religion brings in hours
of suffering and danger to those" I'm
much obliged to you," interposed the
grateful patient, but you are too late" !"
"Too late?" Yes, SIR my physician says
that the crisis is past, and all danger is
over Nelr York sam.
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Time is ever bringing forward new
questions and demanding of us solution,
pressing on our notice new events, and
requiring us to take cognizance of them.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-04-14

Theodore Roosevelt has returned from
Europe with his pretty bride, rich glow
of health upon his cheek and stouter than
when he ran for mayor of New York.
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The next race for the Americas cup
has been arranged. The New York Yacht
Club has accepted the challenge of the
Thistle to sail a series of races which will
begin October 4th. The American yacht
to sail with the Thistle is yet to be select
ed
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i.>.rru oz.t sor war5,l>- -ssa.r. and rsar,, Ta,.-
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90 r-L.sos iopas. 81 f,,ry fsa4y
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W. \. FREETHY.
Steamship JaaDia


New York, Mar %. 81
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FlGURATIvELY DESCRIBED BY HIS LITTLE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-30
ABOUT PEOPLE,
Strangers in tho City md Wheeling Folks
Abroad. ~

Strangers In tho Oily md Wheeling Folks
Abroad.
Capt. William Fl. Irwin Ia spending the
holidays at Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Lizzie Fox. OF the South Side, ia
visiting friends in Steubenville.
Superintendent ]. T. Lsgge, Of the B. 4
O., was in the city again yesterday.
Mr.. Ed Kline and wife, OF Indianapolis,
are visiting ct tho residence OF A. W.
Kline. s-Ds5s Is
Mr.. Charleu Hughes has returned from
Baltimore, where he won't 10 make his
mother visit. 5a5
Miss Della Wade, charming lady from
Massillon, Ohio, is the guest OF Mra.
Charles Hancher. lE
Mrs. Charles Bailey and Mas Ada
Simpson have gone to Los Angeles, CAL,
TO spend the winter.
Walter Il. Hall, who is attending the
Philadelphia Pharmaceutical College, is
homo for the holidays.
Gen. R. R, Cockburn, OF Toroto, Cam
ads, who has largo real e1tate interests
here, 10 ct the Mcclure House.
George W. Monroe and vile and John
Q. Rice, the stars Of "My Aunt Bridget"
Company, are st the McLure House.
Mics Virginia Orswley, OF St. Louis, who
is attending school at Mt. do ChRntal, Is
spending the holidays with friends in the
city.
Miss Annie Hogg, OF Cadiz, is once
more Welcome visitor in Wheeling. This
timo ahe ia accompanied by her sister,
Misc Alberta.
Mr.. George Heard, Of Pittsburgh, secre-
tary ofthe Natural Gas Company Of WeBs
Virginia, came down last evening and reg
istered at the McLure. a.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-30
NATURAL GAS FIRES,
Thrce Small Bluxes oarly this Morning-N
.-sa... -sa...r I,oaa * ase -f.Ir

Thrce Small Bluxes carly this Morning-No
Loss. o.
Shortly after one o'clock this morning
an alarm Of FIRE vas rung in from box rs,
caused by slight blazs in the sleeping
room Of DR.. ]. Z. Belleville, over his Office
at 14lS Chapline street. Tho natural gas
had burned up brightly and scorched the
woodwork. Officer Shorts burst the door
open, and Will Williams Of the INTELL1-
GENcER press room, turned Of the gas and
pulled down the blazing mautel. No dam
age was done and few buckets OF water
put out the FIRE, though the department
wss on hands quick.
The Hope reel wes there before the
alarm ceased striking, having just come
from a similar incipient fire on Water
street Just below Tenth, which was dis.
covered by the police, who sent in still
alarm to the Hops. No damage resulted.
After 2 o'clock this morning Lester
Smith, nightwatchman at the Elm Grove
depot, noticed tho pipe Of the atove,
heated with natural gas, red hot to the
top, and going to the spot found tho depot
roof ablsze. He put it out with hoss.
About ten feet Of tho boards under the
tin roof were burned. Evidently o sudden
increase Of pressure caused all these 6ree,
and there is danger Of others not 80 easily
diecoyered. $40 - ~ s-Etti.s -
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Major Camps Work,

The Capital rink was crowded last night
to hear Major Camp and others speak on
temperance. The meeting was opened
by Rev. Mr.. Jordan, Of the Baptist church,
VINO offered a prayer, the choir singing
"stand up, stand up for Jesus."L The
Majors little daughter, Doan, recited
"DAby Ruth" which was loudly applaud.
ed. Rev. Mr.. Graham made an earnest
and very forcible address. After singing
the Major took tho stand and gave an ex.
csllent talk. He said the churches are
fishing with pin hook and old dried bait.
Ho would rather be the author of mskinp
one mother or one wife happy than to BIS
the author Of shakespeare poems or the
painter Of Raphnel's pictures. II God made
men to drink he would have made them
like camels with three stomachs 80 that
they could go seven days. 5.,...1:7e
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-30

This evening at the Opera House this
popular team Of Irish comedians will
present the successful farcc.comedy, "Our
iriHh Visitors" of which tho New York
Star says: sIt5 -.
Messre. Murray nnd Murphy PLAYED
"Our Irish Visitors" to large laughing
audience ut tie Third Avenue, So that
people shall not accuse him OF calling this
piece a play, Manager Hill diecreetly char
acierizes L az IAN original ab1urdity.n
Original it in, in 90 far as it is like unto
nothing else in tho heayena above, the
earth beneath or tho waters under the
earth; absurd 1t must be, for the people
received 1t with mirth uuhounded. The
TWO stars give jolly performances of the
psrtS Of bogua lord and bslligerent
alderman. and their horseplay, songs, and
quaint Hibernianiana pleased the specta-
tors vastly. The company that appear
With them are equal to the demands made
upon their abilities. In =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-30
TIE CITY EeATEN
On tho Stock Pen Case la The Circuit Court
Yesterday. l.E

On tho Stock Pen Case la The Circuit Court
i.-s Yesterday.
Yesterday tho oaso OF the city against
Henry Neuhardt, appealed from the police
court, was put on trial before Judge Jacob
in Part II Of the Circuit Court to jury.
Neuhardt was fined in the police court for
maintaining nuiEance by keeping a
stockyard in tho imits prohibited by. a
city ordinance. After the city had offered
all the evidence it desired to yesterday,
Col: Robert White, representing the de.
fendant, moved to exclude the testimony
and discharge the accused. The motion
was exhaus.ively argued by Dol. White
and City Solicitor George B. Caldwell, and
Judge Jacob sustained It and directed the
jury to bring III a verdict OF not guilty,
which was done.
The reason assigned by the court for
the decision was that he regarded the
penalties, heavy fine and imprisonment.
as unreasonable and asainat tho public
policy and usage in csass of u nuisance.
Ool. Caldwell moved to net aside the
verdict and grant q new trial. s.35;l.